Ch.23 Leadership Test Bank Answers

Chapter 23: Leadership

Multiple Choice

1. Leadership within a community emphasizes:

A) motivating to achieve common goals.

B) coordinating to achieve common goals.

C) guiding to achieve common goals.

D) All of these are correct.

E) None of these is correct.

2. Leadership within a community health setting involves:

A) empathy.

B) creative visioning.

C) meetings.

D) All of these are correct.

E) None of these is correct.

3. Readiness to change in a community can be determined by:

A) community concern toward an issue.

B) media support.

C) availability of feasible solutions.

D) community concern toward an issue and media support only.

E) All of these are correct.

4. Which statement is incorrect?

A) Appraisal of existing services is part of needs assessment process.

B) Defining the community of interest will not facilitate planning and delivery.

C) Readiness of a community to change can be assessed by degree of resistance to change.

D) An element of leadership is that leaders require followers.

E) Vision is often a precursor to coalition formation.

5. Most definitions of management cite the following elements except:

A) focusing on the status quo.

B) directing.

C) vision creation.

D) supervising.

E) manipulation of existing programs.

6. Factors to consider for successful community mobilization includes all the following except:

A) defining stakeholders.

B) identifying groups with programs that serve the target audience.

C) getting to know peers in relevant agencies.

D) defining stakeholders and identifying groups with programs that serves the target audience only.

E) All of these are correct.

7. Find the correct statement.

A) Power structure analysis is not important in the community mobilization process.

B) Defining the community of interest will not facilitate planning and delivery.

C) Communication among the target community is irrelevant.

D) In the community mobilization process, collecting statistics of programs in place is unnecessary.

E) None of these is correct.

8. All of the following are styles of leadership except:

A) transformational.

B) transactional.

C) transitional.

D) adaptive.

E) servant.

9. To gain cultural competency, an individual should:

A) spend time with members of that culture.

B) ask questions about that culture.

C) listen with both ears and heart.

D) spend time with members of that culture and ask questions about that culture only.

E) All of these are correct.

10. Examples of cross-cultural skills include all of the following except:

A) respecting customs.

B) winking.

C) making eye contact.

D) being sensitive.

E) building trust.

True/False

1. True or False? The best leadership style is the one that gets results, and this varies from situation to situation.

2. True or False? Community mobilization does not involve preparing for purpose-driven community action.

3. True or False? It is necessary to obtain a title before one can be a leader.

4. True or False? There is an overlap between the concept of management and leadership.

5. True or False? Co-leadership is most likely involuntary and usually results from delegation.

6. True or False? In mobilizing rural community health groups, more commitment is likely if participatory leadership style is employed.

7. True or False? A coalition is a formal group of organizations with common interest, while a partnership is more informal.

8. True or False? An essential step to effective communication is to use channels that the target group already does.

9. True or False? Authentic leadership style develops from an intrapersonal perspective and is often based on strong ethical standards.

10. True or False? Developing cultural competence is not a key to career advancement.

Essay

1. What leadership style do you find suitable to work in and employ? Explain why this style works best for you.

2. Give practical means on how a leader can make others buy into his/her vision.

3. Can you relate any leadership experience that you had and how you believe your action showed leadership?